Photo: Gavin Lynn · CC BY 2.0Households without a car or van: 8.8%, a lower share than 88% of UK towns
Compared with 12% across England’s towns, 8.6% of residents are aged 15 to 24 here. The 2021 Census counted 1,764 residents in 741 households. Census figures put married adults and civil partners at 55% in Bramham. 43% of households live in a detached house, a higher share than in 82% of UK towns.
A median age of 46.3: Bramham is older than 64% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
No age band is larger than 60–64: nearly one in ten residents, 1.4 times the share across England’s towns. Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
7.8% of residents lived at another address a year earlier, below 70% of UK towns
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
48% of Bramham’s adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 15% in routine and semi-routine work, against 33% and 24% across England’s towns. Full-time students are rarer here than in 66% of UK towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier across England’s towns.
A smaller share of one-person households than 80% of UK towns: 26%
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against West Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Where 4.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home across England’s towns, Bramham has 2.4%. Measured more widely, 30% of households are one person living alone across England’s towns. For Bramham, the census puts households with dependent children at 29%.
Fewer flats than 84% of UK towns: 4.9% of households
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Census figures put households in terraced houses at 21% in Bramham. Typically, nearly a quarter of households live in a flat or apartment across England’s towns.
Fewer residents born abroad than 74% of UK towns: 4.3%
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
99% of residents have English as their main language, against 90% across England’s towns. The wider picture: 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Among residents born abroad, the largest groups were born in EU countries (2.4%) and in Africa (0.8%).
Bramham sits above 91% of UK towns for residents who describe themselves as Christian (58%)
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 93% of Bramham · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Compared with 73% across England’s towns, 93% of residents describe themselves as White British here. Elsewhere, 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns. Across Bramham, 35% of residents said they have no religion.
A lower share of adults who have never married than 84% of UK towns, at 27%
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
Heavy unpaid care, 50 hours a week or more, falls to 36 residents. Bramham has fewer unpaid carers than 64% of UK towns, at 8.9%. Across England’s towns, adults who have never married come to 39%.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 42% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
Across England’s towns, 18% of adults have no qualification; in Bramham, 13%, while 42% hold one at degree level (34%).
Bramham is younger than 6 of its 7 nearest neighbours
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Homes with children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bramham | 1,764 | — | 46.3 | 23% | 29% |
| Boston Spa | 6,358 | 1.5 mi | 47.8 | 27% | 27% |
| Thorp Arch | 1,782 | 2.7 mi | 38.9 | 15% | 27% |
| Collingham | 2,362 | 2.9 mi | 50 | 28% | 28% |
| Thorner | 1,397 | 3.1 mi | 50 | 27% | 25% |
| Aberford | 1,551 | 3.4 mi | 46.4 | 21% | 30% |
| Bardsey | 1,819 | 3.5 mi | 50.1 | 28% | 27% |
| Tadcaster | 6,339 | 3.7 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 23% |
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “West Yorkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in West Yorkshire (or England), summed the same way as Bramham’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Bramham’s residents
What is the population of Bramham?
The 2021 Census counted 1,764 people in Bramham’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Bramham?
The median age was 46.3 at the 2021 Census. 8.6% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Bramham?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 4.3% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Bramham?
35% said they had no religion and 58% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 0.5% were Muslim and 4.4% didn’t answer.
Is Bramham good for families?
29% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Bramham’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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